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Tune ID#426 (Cucanandy)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Cucanandy about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording NMllgn 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?Mode ?
SongG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Cucanandy / Cuca-Nandy-Nandy / The Cucanandy / Dance to Your Daddy O / As Pat Came over the Hill (also as slip jig, also in D) (compare slip jig Another Jig Will Do #78 and compare slide Whistling Thief #2484)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19516#2
~19915#1
[BT] Baal Tinne. . . . About Time. Noel Rice (flute, whistle), Kevin Rice (bodhrán, percussion), Cathleen Rice (fiddle), Matt Sundstrom (guitar), Paul Cienniwa (piano, keyboards).
~199217#2
[PHt] Parson's Hat. The Better Match. Bríd Ní Chatháin (harp, vocals), Fred Johnston (guitar, vocals, mandolin), Janet Sutton (whistle), Paul Wilkins (piano accordion, whistle, keyboards, piano). For this tune: (whistles).
~199713#2
[NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes).
~20012#1
[RB 2] Ronan Browne. The Wynd You Know. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute, bansuri). For this tune: (pipes).
~20125#2
[IvyLf] The Ivy Leaf. Traditional Irish Music. Daniel Accardi (fiddle, concertina), Armand Aromin (fiddle, whistle), Caroline O'Shea (flute, whistle, vocals), Lindsay Straw (bouzouki, guitar, vocals).
20153#3
[CplySt] Nathan Gourley and Joey Abarta. Copley Street. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Joey Abarta (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes), (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Dance to Your Daddy
AL
Port an Deoraí
PHt
Amhrán na Trá Báine
NMllgn 2
Lumpy Custard
IvyLf
Michael Gorman's
CplySt
Played beforeOn Albums
King of the Pipers
BT
Dusty Miller
RB 2
Merry Merchant
IvyLf

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1951